HISTORIC HOUSE TRUST OF NEW YORK CITY
H ouses
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Bronx
Bartow-Pell Mansion
Museum
www.bpmm.com
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org
Valentine-Varian House
www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org
Van Cortlandt House
www.vancortlandhouse.org
B r o o k ly n
Lefferts Historic House
www.prospectpark.org
Hendrick I. Lott House
www.lotthouse.org
Old Stone House
www.theoldstonehouse.org
Wyckoff Farmhouse
Museum
www.wyckoffassociation.org
The Historic House Trust gratefully acknowledges our 2009 supporters.
$50,000 plus
Carnegie Corporation of
New York
New York City Department
of Parks & Recreation
New York Community Trust /
LuEsther T. Mertz Fund
& Henry J. Stern and Robert F.
Wagner, Jr. Fund
Robert W. Wilson Charitable
Trust
$25,000 - $49,999
Cynthia C. Wainwright &
Stephen Berger
Bloomberg
Franny & David Eberhart
Gerry Charitable Trust
New York State Council on
the Arts
M a n h atta n
Dyckman Farmhouse
Museum
www.dyckmanfarmhouse.org
Gracie Mansion
www.nyc.gov/gracie
Little Red Lighthouse
212-304-2365
Merchant’s House Museum
www.merchantshouse.org
Morris-Jumel Mansion
Museum
www.morrisjumel.org
Swedish Cottage
Marionette Theatre
www.cityparksfoundation.org
Queens
Bowne House
www.bownehouse.org
King Manor Museum
www.kingmanor.org
Kingsland Homestead
www.queenshistorical
society.org
Lewis H. Latimer House
718-961-8585
Queens County Farm
Museum
www.queensfarm.org
Stat e n I s l a n d
Alice Austen House
www.aliceausten.org
Conference House
www.conferencehouse.org
Historic Richmond Town
www.historicrichmondtown.org
Seguine Mansion
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our supporters
$20,000 - $24,999
Benjamin Moore & Co.
Charina Endowment Fund
Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc.
The Staten Island Foundation
$15,000 - $19,999
The Coby Foundation, Ltd.
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
May and Samuel Rudin Family
Foundation, Inc.
United States Department of
Education
$10,000 - $14,999
Cramer-Krasselt Co.
The Felicia Fund, Inc.
Catherine Morrison Golden /
Golden Family Foundation
Francis C. Grant III
Mary Beth & John C. Gustafsson
The History Channel
Deborah & Peter Krulewitch
The Leonard & Evelyn Lauder
Foundation
New York City Landmarks
Preservation Commission
New York Landmarks
Conservancy Emergency
Preservation Grant Program
$5,000 - $9,999
American Express Company
George H. Beane
Catherine Cahill & William L.
Bernhard
Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Malkin
The Order of Colonial Lords of
Manors in America
The Arthur Ross Foundation, Inc.
Skanska USA
Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner &
Paul A. Wagner
Patricia & Lawrence Weinbach
$1,000 - $4,999
Lisa Ackerman
Suzanne & Paul Ainslie
Kay Allaire
Joan F. Krupskas & Ted Barbour
Myra & Charles Biblowit
John D. Blondel
Bernard Bloom
Mario Buatta
Walter Cain
Diana D. Chapin
Suzanne Clary
The Cowles Charitable Trust
Edna Craddock
Susan & Greg Danilow
James W. Davis
Kevin Dieterich
Helen & Bruce Dixon
Jamie Drake / Drake Design
Associates
Elephant Rock Foundation
Evonik Degussa Corporation
Doris & Arthur Field
Timothy C. Forbes
The Frelinghuysen Foundation
Thomas Gallagher
Charlotte Pickman Gertz
Ginger Schnaper & Henry P.
Godfrey
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Goelet
Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Gordon
Gray Line New York Sightseeing
Priscilla & Theodore S. Hammer
Joan & John Jakobson
Elizabeth Kahn-Ingleby
The J.M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.
Lucy D. Kennedy
Regina T. Kraft
Linda & Steven Levy
Judith R. MacDonald
Carey Maloney & Hermes Mallea
Terrell & Andrew Marks
Ronay & Richard Menschel
Gloria & Richard J. Moylan
Hebe Dowling Murphy
Cristyne L. Nicholas
Wayne Nordberg
Erik Oken
Omya, Inc.
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Development Corporation
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Betsy F. Perry
The Philanthropic
Collaborative, Inc.
Warrie & James Price
Paul R. Provost
Encarnita & Robert C. Quinlan
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Rowan
Anne Fairfax & Richard Franklin
Sammons
Pamela Schafler
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Schubert
Frederic Seegal
Susan Kargman & Robert Siegel
Richard W. Southwick
David E. Stutzman
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis D. Swanson
Lynn & Sy Syms
Joan N. Taubner
Elizabeth Martin & Stephen Tilly
Barbara & Donald G. Tober
Upstate History Alliance
Arete & William Warren
Gina Ingoglia Weiner
Mr. & Mrs. Marc A. Weisman
Susi & Peter Wunsch
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation
Elizabeth Szancer Kujawski
& Tom Zoufaly
$250 - $999
Frances Alexander Foundation
Elizabeth Peale Allen
Anonymous
Aragon, LLC
James Barclay
Nancy M. Benbow
Adrian Benepe and Charlotte
Glasser
Madalen & Bert Bertolini
R.J. Bigler
Henry C. Blackiston / Seyfarth
Shaw Charitable Foundation
Rachel Block
Louis H. Blumengarten
Glenn Boornazian
Thérèse Braddick
Amanda Brown
Edwin G. Burrows
Jane Cooke
Tula Telfair & Spencer Davidson
Decorative Arts Society
Carrie Dyckman
Constance A. Eagan
Florence Fearrington
Beth Fisher
Kenneth K. Fisher
H.S. FitzGibbon II
Brian Fortune
Alice C. Frelinghuysen
Janet Gaffney
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David Gerson
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Lorna de Wangen Graev &
Lawrence Graev
Cheryl S. Greene
Jack D. Gunther
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Ursla & Stephen Huff
Anna B. Iacucci
Professor & Mrs. Kenneth T.
Jackson
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Christian Keesee
Stephen Kirschenbaum
Jack T. Linn
Alice Linnehan
Elizabeth & Paul Lisotta
Jill Lord
The Henry Luce Foundation
Matching Gift Program
Ann MacRae
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Deborah McManus / DJ McManus
Foundation
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Milner & Carr Conservation, LLC
Annette & Stuart Mont
Linda & Bill Musser
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Nicholas & Lence
Communications
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Jane & David Parshall
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Lorie Slutsky
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Jack Suter
Jack Taylor
F. Carlisle Towery
United Way of New York City
Walter F. Wientge Jr.
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Special thanks to all of our
members for your generosity.
We would list you all if we could!
Gifts received between January 1
and December 31, 2009.
Every effort has been made
to present an accurate and
complete list of donors.
Please contact the Historic
House Trust with any corrections
at (212) 360-8282.
2009 ANNUAL REPORT
2009 ANNUAL REPORT
HISTORIC HOUSE TRUST OF NEW YORK CITY
Statement of Activities
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
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Franny Eberhart
Chair
Myra J. Biblowit
Vice-Chair
John C. Gustafsson
Vice-Chair
Lisa Ackerman
Treasurer
Richard Southwick
Secretary
Deborah Krulewitch
Chair Emerita
Suzanne Stirn Ainslie
George H. Beane
Adrian Benepe*
William L. Bernhard
Henry C. Blackiston
Glenn Boornazian
Thérèse Braddick*
Bruce D. Dixon
Murray B. Douglas
Arthur Norman Field
Timothy C. Forbes
Charlotte Pickman Gertz
Catherine Morrison Golden
Francis C. Grant III, “T”
Carolyn Grimstead
Ted Hammer, FAIA
Susan Kargman
Kate D. Levin*
Jack T. Linn*
Judith MacDonald
Paul R. Provost
Richard Franklin Sammons
Henry J. Stern
Franklin D. Vagnone*
Jeanette Wagner
Cynthia C. Wainwright
Patricia Weinbach
*Ex-Officio
HISTORIC HOUSE TRUST OF NEW YORK CITY
A note
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from ou
chair
Fiscal Year 2009 (July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009)
Illustrations by Joan Chiverton
O
n a breezy Saturday in April, HHT Board and Directors’ Council members travelled to Queens to
visit all five of the Trust’s sites in that borough. We were greeted with stories of the most remarkable
people, who told us about their roles in shaping the quintessentially American values of freedom and
opportunity that we often take for granted. One of them stood up to the most powerful politician in town and
won his case; another received a chilling death threat after speaking against slavery in the U.S. Senate. Standing
on his shoulders is a third, an African-American whose success lights the lives of people around the world. And
next to him is a tiny woman whose large voice spoke boldly for the education of poor women, especially African
Americans. Supporting them all were heroically hardworking farmers, who fueled the American economy.
These men and women are, of course, some of the people who built and lived in the five historic houses
we visited—John Bowne, Rufus King, Louis Latimer, Mary King Murray, and the families of the Queens County
Farm Museum. Now in its 21st year, with 23 sites spread across all five boroughs, the Historic House Trust
is enormously proud to be able to tell such seminal histories in the precious and beautiful sites where they
occurred. It’s an enormous team effort, succeeding only with the unqualified support of the City of New York,
which owns the sites, and the local nonprofit organizations that independently operate them.
We are also indebted to our many donors, whose generosity enables the Trust’s professional staff
to support the historic sites’ varied needs. After 20 years of vigilant and diligent work, we can report with
confidence that the houses are in sound physical shape. Increasingly the Trust is turning its attention to
strengthening the organizations that run the sites, and enhancing the educational programs that are central
to their missions. We also know that many of them are important cultural and open-space resources in otherwise
underserved neighborhoods, and we want to highlight and build on those values. We invite you to join the HHT
team and family with your support, which will reach communities from one end of the five boroughs to the other.
78.5% of every dollar contri buted goes to mission-related progr ams
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Clockwise from top left:
Drew 20,000 visitors
to 2nd annual Historic
House Festival, 33%
more than last year.
management policies
for 6 houses to improve
care of collections.
Franny Eberhart, Chair
Improved learning
experiences for nearly
770,000 visitors and
school children.
Secured more than
$2.5 million for capital
restoration projects.
The Bowne House
joins our collection!
2009 ANNUAL REPORT
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Kay Allaire
Brian Andersson
Mario Buatta
Diana Chapin
Alice B. Diamond
Jamie Drake
Kenneth K. Fisher
Amy L. Freitag
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
Donald Friedman
Robin Harper
Margize Howell
Kenneth T. Jackson
Susan Henshaw Jones
Lucy Kennedy
Regina T. Kraft
Jonathan Kuhn
Joseph Pell Lombardi
Malcolm MacKay
Joseph Pierson
Dianne H. Pilgrim
Nicholas Quennell
Robert C. Quinlan
Frances A. Resheske
Gary Ross
Connie R. Saienga
Frank E. Sanchis III
David Stutzman
Joan N. Taubner
Gina Ingoglia Weiner
Anthony C. Wood
T R U S T S TA F F
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Historic House Trust
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D irectors ’
C ounci l
2009 ANNUAL REPORT
Rebecca Brainard
Preservation Crew Member
Sarah Brockett
Manager of Grants and
Public Programs
Caroline R. Drabik
Curatorial Associate
David C. Mandel
Director of Education
& Interpretation
Jonathan Mellon
Resident Engineer
Tara Kiernan
Administrative Coordinator
Meredith A. Sorin
Deputy Director
Mikel Travisano
Architectural Conservator
Nahn Tseng
Senior Architectural
Conservator
Franklin D. Vagnone
Executive Director
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